diff --git a/libheif/heif.cc b/libheif/heif.cc
index 55b1cc19c7..348738c6d1 100644
--- a/libheif/heif.cc
+++ b/libheif/heif.cc
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 #include <cassert>
 
 
-struct const heif_error heif_error_success = {heif_error_Ok, heif_suberror_Unspecified, kSuccess};
+const struct heif_error heif_error_success = {heif_error_Ok, heif_suberror_Unspecified, kSuccess};
 static struct heif_error error_unsupported_parameter = {heif_error_Usage_error,
                                                         heif_suberror_Unsupported_parameter,
                                                         "Unsupported encoder parameter"};